A Camera Lucida
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1826 - 1854
Materials
Brass, Glass
Measurements
250 x 62 x 14 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525548.1
Summary
A Camera Lucida. The device comprises a prism mounnted on an extendable brass pillar which is pivoted from a brass clamp. On the side of the clamp is engraved ' Thos. Rubergall Optn to their Majesties, 24 Coventry St., London'.